Management of an Outbreak of Tuberculosis in a Small Community

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-117

  Allos, Ban Mishu ^a   Gensheimer, Kathleen F ^b   Bloch, Alan B ^c   Parrotte, Dianne ^d   Horan, John M ^c   Lewis, Virginia ^b   Schaffner, William ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MAINE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030585993     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-2-199607150-00007     Document Type: Article

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